Lehman’s Country Life

I have rattled off to so many customers our plans for The Buggy Barn at Lehman’s I was somewhat surprised this question didn’t come up sooner. I was asked last week while painting the murals in The Buggy Barn, ‘What is a buggy barn?’ Its understandable that English people may not be familar with buggy barns. English, by the way, is the term the Amish use for anyone who is not Amish. Since I came here to post updated photos of the Buggy Barn murals I thought I would answer this question. A buggy barn is the Amish version of our garage. Not only does it keep the buggy dry but it may house some chickens or other small livestock. The horses would be close by, as well as their harnesses, lead ropes and halters so when you needed to hitch the horses to the buggy they would be near. Buggy horses need to be shod or have horse shoes put on by a farrier to protect their feet on the roads so it would be likely some farrier tools and horse shoes would be handy. If your horse threw a shoe you’d want to be able to reshod them so the horse could be driven on the road again. Horses and livestock need to eat of course, so a grain scoop and feed sacks would be found in a buggy barn.

I could list all the possibilities of what you might see in a buggy barn but that would probably get long and boring. Why don’t I just show you instead?
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